Pretty sure it was a Blue.....definitely didnt eat like a white.
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What a weekend ....down Okiwi Friday night ...up well not quite VC o'clock and out down the coast great weather window so past all our usasual haunts ..flat arse with a lazy swell ..boat maxed out 4 souls and 3 dive sets ...and extra fuel...had some intel on a hot spot ..got there ...hooked into some very solid cod ..none of the promised fish so went out wide ..50 meters no tide and sharks so went fitter down to 100 meters ..bit of current and bigger sharks ...boats all doing the same moving and searching for fish and a bite ...so fuck it back to 1st spot to pick up last couple of cod ...got there and Keeley my lass is getting weird bites but not hooking up...VC the cunning soul drops her rig back to a 3/0 hook and she's in ...terakhie ...and small to keeper brim..so a re rig by the crew and down with the burley..a solid couple hours of fishing on light gear saw smiles all round ...burley ran out and so did the tide and the bite ...ran home with a following swell saw us filleting and cleaning into the dark.
Smashed a feed of fresh as fish and watched the footy on poor man tv ...Sunday saw me with beer belly and cautious farts so VC took my lad out for a dive ...they hit my lads faviuorte free dive rock bagged a couple , then tanked up and VC dropped Blake on a new crack ...smiles all round as he picked up a couple of small bucks on the outside of a loaded up cave ..home cleaned up and away home .
Wicked weekend great company laughter bullshit and fishing ..how good a life we live. Thanks VC for keeping the young bloke safe and your efforts in the kitchen and on the boat . Cheers Joe
A cracker weekend thanks Joe always good to get down there and always good to try new turf.
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Im glad we didn't put another burly down!
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This morning.
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.. F....k the possums I'm going fishing, jealous of your guys bin. Love Tarakihi. Well done fullas. :sick:
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You need a medal Cam for being able spend weekend fishing with Stingray whilst on dry July . Better men would have failed
Thanks VC for sharing the photos. Good to see a few flounder around over the winter months. I have caught a few flounder around those parts :thumbsup:
Headed out this arvo and put a little net out....it was glassy but I was fairly sure I would get a wet arse on pick up.
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Only got 2 both river flounder or "blacks" sure sign it is both too cold and too much fresh water in the estuary for good catches of the yellowbelly and green backs.
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And yes I got a wet arse.....I think of the irony everytime I am washing a boat in the pissing rain [emoji848]
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Spot available in the boat tomorrow,target gurnard/pannie/terry? Gentleman hours to get out of Delaware on the tide.... @madjon_ ?
Yeah nah....PILCHARDS
A nice wee fish with my Son today, weather was good with just a big lazy swell putting some surf up on the bar and rocks.
Picked a spot and deployed the salmon burly,Son had caught 5 or 6 fish before I could even get my gear rigged and in the water..."right its time you took your own bloody fish off!"
Lots of small kahawai, blue cod and a small snap....we soon had our limit of 4 good sized blue cod and moved off to avoid catching anymore and target gurnard which was a bit slower fishing as the tide slowed off but we ended up with a few good feeds and home early.
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Nice! Is that launching from Maori pa rd? Any tips for heading out from there or is it pretty straightforward?
Yep....follow everyone elses wheel marks to minimize damage to the estuary.
Launching and retrieving is best done at or near low tide and full tide....in the middle requires getting your vehicle in the water.
Once in the channel getting in and out is impossible at the bottom of big tides.
On small tides (yesterday was a 1.4m low) you can get out on the bottom of tide just and launch into the channel for about 1.5hours each side.
On big tides you need to be at least two hours after low to get back in...2.5 is better.
Be wary of big tides and a northerly swell if you will be coming back in on a outgoing tide, it stands up really nasty with the current running out over the bar.
Best to head out just after low tide in daylight the first time to learn the channel.
Happy to meet up and lead you out.
Awesome info thanks very much for that and the offer to lead me out. I will be in touch!
epic day out, waited till today so everyone would be back at work and I had the whole firth to myself. could have taken as much as i wanted just took home these beauts Attachment 119062Attachment 119063Attachment 119064
Wanted to take Dad for a proper fish today but he wasn't keen on a big mission.
So instead I put the net out and he came along for a ride to pick it up.
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Boy its been awhile, like 3 months. But yep, doing it again and feels sooo good smells sooo good, beats the smell of possums.:thumbsup: Attachment 119537
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Hey that middle picture a few posts back 2047
What is that?
And, how big?
Ta.
Fat!!
Look at size of those bloody teeth!
I reckon its just a young fat fish. He will be into the shellfish no doubt, just hasnt been doing it long enough to damage the points :D
And the reason I say young is that the pecs are still quite short
Its shit out here!! See yas Sunday
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Took Dad out for a fish yesterday in my boat prospecting for a snapper,its still too early yet up this end of the bay but had to have a look.
Dropped a longline in 16m and 33m.
Cod fished in the same spot as last time with the boy.....same same the passenger side of the boat caught most of the fish and we must have cleaned out the big ones last time as we struggled to get 3 decent ones and moved off to check lines.
16m a couple of really good sized gurnard one cod eaten in half and 5 or 6 spiky dogs.
33m , one gurnard eaten, one sand shark,23 spiky dogs [emoji35] I know the snapper are there....maybe not in numbers yet but when the sharks are so numerous and hard on the feed there is no chance for a snapper to get your bait.
Gurnard fished but was really hard going.....no tide to take out burly and no wind at all to drift. Literally a 2 ounce sinker on the line ankored the boat.
We got a feed for the family each but was slow going.....totally forgot to take any pictures.
Today got the other boat out and put the net out.
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Well we went down as far as bottle point , bait schools on the sounder on the way down , dolphins and birds killing a shoal...couldn't get the old man to to stop for a Jig .....Farrrk ...down to brim , terakhei mark ..sounder was showing fish, rigged small hooks two terakhie then big fat blue cod ...way off the structure
headed over to bottle point , dropped on a bait school ...coutta , snakes and southern sail fish ..moved more bait more of the same..up the coast to a carrot patch huge spikies ..biggest went 5 ft long along with a handful of carrots ...
Wonderful weather wonderful company ....the fishing will come ...I hope my catching comes along with it ...managed shit fish all day...plus an empty tackle box as the snakes took great care of all of my shiny stuff!
Hey @MB can’t see your pics:oh noes: could you please post them again cheers:thumbsup: